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HAT

Filed May 26, 1945 Inventor ttarng/s Patented Mar. 18,7 1947 UNITED`STATES PATENT OFFICE HAT Harry F. Ryniker, Elmira, N. Y.

Application May 26, 1945, Serial No. 595,944

2 Claims. l

This invention relates to head gear for men and has for an object toprovide a hat so constructed that pressure upon the temporal bloodvessels is avoided.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a mans hat anunobstructed space at the point of the temporal blood vessels on eachside of the head.

A further object of the invention is to provide means in a hat wherebyno pressure will be brought to bear upon any arteries which feed thevascular papillae upon which the hair depends for its life-giving blood.

A still further object of my invention is to provide adjustable pads ofa nature to be 'fitted into a sweat band of a hat and so adjustedtherein as to provide space for the free action of the temporal arterialsystem.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a hat embracing one form of myinvention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the form of the invention illustratedin Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal detail sectional view through a portion of aside of a hat showing an offset impressed or blocked therein to providea channel for overlying the temporal arteries and vems.

The reference characters in the drawings indicate elements referred toin the following specification by the same characters and II), is a hatformed in accordance with my invention, within which is attached bystitching Il, or otherwise, a pair of pads I2 and I3; II2, being thefrontal pad which is spaced about three inches more or less from therear pad I3, thus providing gaps I4 and I5, approximately at the pointsI6, just above and in front of the ears of the wearer, at which pointsthe temporal arteries or veins come very close to the outer epitheliallayer of the skin and are subject to outside pressure, whereby theirfunctioning may be retarded or discontinued while under such pressure;for instance, as that applied by a close litting hat, and which constantpressure usually results in baldness (traumaticalopecia).

The pad I2 is somewhat shorter than pad I3, otherwise they are formedexactly alike and each comprises a series of layers I6, I'I, I8 and I9,of wool felt or any other suitable material. These pads are stepped upfrom their central portions 20, to their ends 2| and 22, where they arethickest and provide said spaces I4 and I5, therebetween. In hatsalready made these pads may be slipped in the hat seating behind thesweat band 23, or may be stitched or otherwise secured to the outersurface thereof, but in hats of new manufacture it is preferable toattach them directly to the fabric of which the hat is formed.

In Figure 3, I illustrate a cross section of one side of a hat 24, whichat the points above indicated I have impressed or otherwise formed innerrecesses 25, the outer protuberances 26, of which while being slight andin all probability unnoticeable, still come under the usual outsideribbon provided on all mens hats, will provide the same freedom ofaction of the temporal arteries as will the above described padding;however,- a thinner but similar padding may be used in conjunctiontherewith; it being understood that impression must attain a depth of 1Aat point nearest temporal artery area.

During my years of experience as a trichologist I have spent several ofthem in research to discover and correct the cause of alopecia andfinally reached the conclusion that the simple and most common form,which results in the great majority of bald-heads, is due to the failureof the temporal arteries to perform their proper function.

Simple, or traumatic, alopecia is not caused by disease of any type, noris it a product of heredity, race, environment, diet, secondary sexualcharacteristics, etc. It is caused by injury to the temporal bloodvessels on both sides of the head at the points just above and forwardof the ears. This condition is the result of prolonged pressing of thehat band on the aforesaid points.

As a proof of this observation it will be noted that hair is always lostabove the point of pressure of the hat band, except in cases of baldnesscaused by disease. Another and more convincing example is the fact thatwomen who do not wear frictional head gear very rarely become bald andin such rare cases it is due to disease.

It is due to the result of my researches that I have invented my abovedescribed hat construction which, when put into use, will eliminate theloss of hair from traumatic or frictional causes.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts suchas come within the 3 purview of the invention claimed may be resortedto, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hat having a body of ovate shape closed by a cro-Wn at its top andformed with an annular brim about the bottom thereof, oppositelydisposed pads of stepped laminations sewed in the front and rear of saidhat at the base thereof with the longest laminations adjacent the headof the wearer when worn, and the adjacent ends of said pads beinglongitudinally spaced from each other at the opposite sides of said hatto form channels overlying the temporal arteries and veins.

2. A hat having a body of ovate shape closed by a crown at its top andformed with an annular brim about the bottom thereof, oppositely`disposed double ended stepped pads at the front and back of said hatformed by laminations of progressively decreased length, the ends of al1of the laminations being spaced substantially equally at the sides ofsaid hat to form opposed channels overlying the temporal arteries andveins.

HARRY F. RYNIKER.

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